.748 ON THE VOLCANO OP TAAL, 



33. GossYPiUM HERBACEUM, L. Algodonero, a Spanish word 

 whicli is in use by all the Indians : Malay in nearly all the dialects 

 Xapas and Kabu-kabu, Kapase in Bengali, Kapas in Hindustani, 

 all deiived from the Sanscrit word Ivarpassi ; Arabic Kutn, whence 

 Coton and probably Algodon ; Chinese (Punti), Min, Mandarine 

 Mien ; Ja]>anese, Wata and Momen. Probably derived originally 

 from the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Two exhaustive 

 works have appeared on this subject lately in Italy, one by 

 Parlatore,* and the other by Todaro.f The former admits seven 

 well-known species, and two doubtful, while Todaro counts fifty- 

 four, only two of which are doubtful, reckoning as species forms 

 which originated in cultivation and are permanently preserved. 

 Q. herhaceum is the species most cultivated in the United States, 

 G. indicum in China and Japan, but these determinations are 

 doubtful. The natives of all the East from India to .Tapan, 

 depend upon it as one of the great staples of agriculture. 



STERCULIACE^. 



34. Sterculia fcetida, L. Calumpang. Visayan and Tagalo ; in 

 Java Dangur-jedeh. This is entirely a coast-species ranging over 

 the East Indian amd Malayan Peninsulas and the Indian Archi- 

 pelago, and extending to Australia. It has a most disgusting odor 

 wherever the plant is bruised or cut. When the surveyors of H.M.S. 

 Flying Fish were out marking, they wei'e often much annoyed, 

 when clearing their stations, by wounding this plant. The woody 

 carpels are like three figs joined together at the apex, and, wherever 

 these were seen abundantly strewn on the ground, we moved away. 

 The oily seeds bring on nausea and staggering, while the leaves are 

 aperient, diaphoretic, and diuretic. Wood indifferent, bark gives 

 excellent fibre, and exudes a gum resembling tragacanth. 



35. Kleinhovia hospita, L. Tanay, Tagolo ; Bitnong, Ilocano 

 dialect ; Catimoho, Sundanese. This is a smooth tree spread over 



*Monogr. delle specie d. Cotoni, 4to, Florence, 1866. 

 t Relaz. s. la coltura del Cotoui in Italia, con monographia del genere 

 Gossypiiun. 8vo. Rome, 18.77.. 



